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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
Probably because the rule book says that those defenders are freaking GUARDING. Rule 4-23-1 - "Guarding is the act of legally placing the body in the path of an OFFENSIVE opponent". I repeat- OFFENSIVE OPPONENT!!!! If B4 gives time and distance to A1,as in your example, then B4 is LEGALLY GUARDING A1. A1 would then be responsible for any contact.If B4 isn't LEGALLY GUARDING A1, then B4 is responsible for any contact and the call is a block on B4 for a defender ILLEGALLY GUARDING an offensive opponent. I can't understand why you are compelled to try to make another rule fit that was never intended to be used for this particuar situation,when there is a perfectly good and explicit rule available in R4-23.
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Jurassic -- So what you're saying is that whenever a defender gets in the way of an offensive player (we're talking off-ball here, right?) it's guarding, even if the same physical action would fit the definition of screening if it were done by an offensive player?